Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.
It comprises 7 legislative assembly constituencies. The constituency is dominated by Latin Catholics, making this seat a Congress stronghold. Eleven of the twelve legislatures were from this community, and the Left parties have only succeeded here by contesting independents, barring once.
Assembly segments
Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:
No Name District MemberParty2024 Lead77KalamasseryErnakulamV.E Abdul Gafoor78ParavurV. D. Satheesan79VypinTony Chammany80KochiMuhammed Shiyas81ThrippunithuraDeepak Joy82ErnakulamT. J. Vinod83ThrikkakaraUma Thomas
Members of Parliament Election Lok Sabha MemberParty TenureTravancore-Cochin19521stC. Mohammed Ibrahimkutty1952-1957After the Formation of Kerala19572ndA.M. ThomasIndian National Congress1957-196219623rd1962-196719674thV. Viswanatha Menon1967-197119715thHenry AustinIndian National Congress1971-197719776th1977-198019807thXavier Arakkal1980-198419848thK.V. Thomas1984-198919899th1989-1991199110th1991-1996199611thXavier ArakkalIndependent(supported by LDF)1996-19971997*Sebastian Paul1997-1998199812thGeorge EdenIndian National Congress1998-1999199913th1999-20032003*Sebastian PaulIndependent(supported by LDF)2003-2004200414th2004-2009200915thK.V. ThomasIndian National Congress2009-2014201416th2014-2019201917thHibi Eden2019-2024202418thIncumbent * indicates bypolls
Votes in elections Year Polled votes Poll% Winner Party Votes % 2nd position Party Votes % 3rd position Party Votes % Margin202491050277.6Hibi EdenIndian National Congress48231752.97KJ ShineCommunist Party of India (Marxist)23193225.47K. S. RadhakrishnanBharatiya Janata Party14450015.87250385201996720372.02Hibi EdenIndian National Congress49126350.79P RajeevCommunist Party of India (Marxist)32211033.3Alphons KannanthanamBharatiya Janata Party13774914.24169153201485091073.58K. V. ThomasIndian National Congress353841Christy FernandezLDF Independent266794A. N. RadhakrishnanBharatiya Janata Party9900387047 2009 744996 72.81 K. V. Thomas INC 342845 46.03 Sindhu Joy CPI(M) 331055 44.44 A. N. Radhakrishnan BJP 52968 7.11 11790 2004 659176 61.09 Sebastian Paul LDF 323042 49.03 Edward Edezhath INC 252943 38.39 O.G. Thankappan BJP 60697 9.21 70099 1999 776933 65.79 George Eden INC 394058 50.78 Mani Thomas LDF 282753 36.44 T. D. Rajaleskshmi BJP 77640 10.01 111305 1998 776105 68.86 George Eden INC 389387 50.53 Sebastian Paul LDF 314879 40.86 V. V. Augustine BJP 62262 8.08 74508 1996 729915 68.77 Xavier Arackal LDF 335479 46.91 K. V. Thomas INC 305094 42.66 O. M. Mathew BJP 46559 6.51 30385 1991 740854 72.67 K. V. Thomas INC 362975 49.64 V. Viswanatha Menon CPI(M) 315831 43.20 V. Rahiman BJP 30082 4.11 47144 1984 774809 80.68 K. V. Thomas INC 384434 49.90 P. Subramanian Potti LDF 347684 45.13 A. N. Radhakrishnan BJP 29107 3.78 36750
Election results
General Elections 2029
General Election 2024
By Assembly Segments (2024) No. Constituency Party Lead77KalamasseryINC38,44778ParavurINC26,39579VypinINC29,86880KochiINC40,28681ThrippunithuraINC31,96582ErnakulamINC 37,06983ThrikkakaraINC44,900
2019 According to Election Commission, there are 12,09,44 registered voters in Ernakulam Constituency for 2019 Lok Sabha Election.Indiancrux :
By Assembly Segments (2019) No. Constituency Party Lead77KalamasseryINC20,68978ParavurINC14,08579VypinINC23,24180KochiINC29,31381ThrippunithuraINC19,22782ErnakulamINC 31,17883ThrikkakaraINC31,777
2014
By Assembly Segments (2014) No. Constituency Party Lead77KalamasseryINC8,65878ParavurINC7,76579VypinINC9,61780KochiINC20,36281ThrippunithuraINC6,57182ErnakulamINC 16,89383ThrikkakaraINC17,314
2009
By Assembly Segments (2009) No. Constituency Party Lead77KalamasseryCPI(M)4,39978ParavurCPI(M)5,83279VypinINC23480KochiINC7,02681ThrippunithuraCPI(M)6,05382ErnakulamINC 10,73083ThrikkakaraINC10,522
2004
By Assembly Segments (2004) No. Constituency Party Lead70ParavurLDF-IND11,03571NarakkalLDF-IND8,42072ErnakulamLDF-IND 4,62973MattancheryLDF-IND3,68174PalluruthyLDF-IND4,02475ThrippunithuraLDF-IND18,83476AluvaLDF-IND18,888
2003 Bye election
1999
By Assembly Segments (1999) No. Constituency Party Lead70ParavurINC5,31971NarakkalINC8,77172ErnakulamINC22,07573MattancheryINC16,93074PalluruthyINC18,37675ThrippunithuraINC13,81976AluvaINC26,157
See also Ernakulam List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha Indian general election, 2014 (Kerala)
References Notes
Citations
External links Election Commission of India: https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp